Posts tagged “Confidence”
No matter what
I’ve had this repetitive thought in my mind lately. It’s a question, really. It shows up every time I say “I’m so blessed” in…
Upgraded wardrobe
If you look at a calendar in August or January, you won’t see it like you do other major holidays, but the first day…
Under God’s care
“The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord…
Don’t give up on Jesus
We are three weeks into the new year, so maybe you, like me, have already started writing the correct year on important documents. How’s…
Ordinary Christianity
I wonder if the devil loves extraordinary Christianity. By “extraordinary,” I mean those stories you read in Christian books about people who prayed for…
Stock your arsenal
I’m not sure about you, but I don’t have too many enemies. I had that one terrible landlord once, a couple disgruntled employees, and…
Hope
I hope this horrible situation ends soon. I hope she’ll keep her word. I hope my new job works out. In a perfect world,…
Our desire for purpose is a proof of God
Sigmund Freud was one of the principal founders of the science of psychoanalysis and human psychology. He was an atheist who believed humans were…
Talk to yourself (about God!)
Do you ever talk to yourself? You should, especially if you’re a person with a big heart. I’ve met some wonderfully bighearted, compassionate, empathetic,…
Stop it!
Way before Bob Newhart played Papa Elf in the wildly popular Christmas movie Elf (and I mean way before, like in my childhood), he…
Goodbye regret, hello change
Mid-December regret hits hard. January brims with enthusiasm and renewed determination to change. But all too often, December is the reminder that the year…
Uncertain certainty
I dragged my feet about jumping on to the listening-to-podcasts bandwagon. (That’s an understatement.) Friends convinced me to check some out, and while I’m…